bise
English
editEtymology 1
editPronunciation
editNoun
editbise (countable and uncountable, plural bises)
- Alternative form of bice (blue pigment)
Etymology 2
editPronunciation
editNoun
editbise (uncountable)
- A cold, dry, northerly wind in France, Switzerland, etc.
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “bise”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams
editFrench
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom Germanic, from Frankish *bîsi (“covered with clouds”), related to *bisa (“wind from the northeast”), from Proto-Germanic *bī̆s- (“to storm ahead”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyh₂- (“to be afraid, fear”), see also Proto-Germanic *bibāną (“to shiver”).
Noun
editbise f (plural bises)
- north wind; northeasterly (wind)
- 1668, Jean de La Fontaine, “La Cigale & la Fourmy”, in Fables choisies, mises en vers:
- La Cigale ayant chanté / Tout l’Eſté, / Se trouva fort dépourvuë / Quand la biſe fut venuë.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
References
edit- Pokorny, Julius (1959) “161-62”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 161-62
Etymology 2
editFrom biser.
Noun
editbise f (plural bises)
- kiss (non-romantic kiss on the cheek)
Etymology 3
editInflected forms.
Adjective
editbise
Further reading
editLatvian
edit
Noun
editbise f (5th declension)
See also
edit- šautene f
Makasar
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəʀsay.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editbise (Lontara spelling ᨅᨗᨔᨙ)
Derived terms
editPortuguese
editVerb
editbise
- inflection of bisar:
Spanish
editEtymology 1
editNoun
editbise m (plural bises)
Etymology 2
editVerb
editbise
- inflection of bisar:
Tagalog
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈbise/ [ˈbiː.sɛ]
- Rhymes: -ise
- Syllabification: bi‧se
Adjective
editbise (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜐᜒ)
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editNoun
editbise (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜐᜒ)
- (colloquial) assistant; deputy
- Synonym: pangalawa
Further reading
edit- “bise”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
Venetian
editNoun
editbise
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